Siemens Technology x TUM Institute for LifeLong Learning: Research and Development

How can academia and industry complement each other in times of technological change and challenges? The latest podcast series with Siemens Technology & TUM Institute for LifeLong Learning  explores this question. Tune in to get the latest insights into Research & Development celebrating the opening of the Siemens Technology Center at TU Munich’s Garching Campus.

Episode 1: „High Fidelity Digital Twins in Engineering”

Tune in to the Siemens Technology & TUM podcast for this riveting exploration at the intersection of technology, research and business development. Hosted by TUM’s Thomas Münch, this episode takes a deep dive into the realm of high-fidelity digital twins in engineering, featuring special guests Dr. Stefan Boschert from Siemens Technology and Professor Rainald Löhner from George Mason University (USA), who has recently been appointed the Fischer Senior Fellowship by the TUM Institute for Advanced Study, the flagship institute for top-level international research at TUM.

A great thank you to Dr. Ulrich Marsch and his team from the TUM Institute for Advanced Study for generously hosting the podcast recording sessions at their amazing venue.

Mistakes happen, no matter how hard we try to avoid them. Worse, the same mistakes happen over and over again, making our learning curve look pretty bad. This dynamic is no different in teams, leaving leaders scratching their heads about what went wrong and what they could do differently in the future. In this episode, two leaders share their own experiences: Thomas Loosen, systemic therapist and former head of the HRO (high reliability organisation) centre at the Gösgen Nuclear Power Plant in Switzerland, meets actress Franziska Ball, who takes on the role of the other manager. They start by describing the problem and what helped them resolve it over time.

How can leaders and teams help shape a sustainable return to work after a mental health crisis? In this episode, we discuss with Ute Schröder, an expert in occupational integration management, the different phases of the reintegration process and related best practices for managers and teams. Contrary to popular belief, this process does not start on the first day back to work, but rather while the employee is still on sick leave. The active involvement of various stakeholders over a longer time period, including direct supervisors, team members, and occupational health professionals, is therefore required. Ute Schröder also reports on her research and transfer projects with the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in Germany.

More information about the Podcast: https://www.lll.tum.de/podcast/ 

Why and how does the quality of leadership matter for (mental) health in general? In this episode, we speak with Prof. Dr. Harald Gündel, Medical Director of the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at the University Clinic Ulm. We learn how body and mind react to the work environment. Is resilience the key to staying healthy? Prof. Gündel offers a different perspective on resilience in the organizational context. He talks about potential limits of resilience training and explains how good leadership can contribute to both resilient teams and resilient organizations.

More information on the podcast: https://www.lll.tum.de/podcast/ 

Humans have long pondered how the workings of the human brain. Indeed evidence of holes drilled in skulls from our pre-historic ancestors suggests that attempts to heal pain, alleviate health issues and experiment with brain function is as old as we are.

Join us for this special episode with Professor Josef Rauschecker, of Georgetown University in Washington, where we explore the advancements made by neuroscience in recent years, and examine how accelerations in technology and interdisciplinary research has exciting implications for the future of human health. Josef has dedicated over forty years to the discipline of neuroscience, and was appointed as a TUM Ambassador in 2019 in recognition of his efforts. Originally a TUM graduate, and for many years a Hans Fischer Senior Fellow at the TUM Institute for Advanced Studies, we are delighted to name Professor Rauschecker as a firm member of our community.

On 27 June 2022, shortly after Prof. Josef Rauschecker’s podcast was recorded, one of Josef’s first teachers in the field of neuroscience, Sir Colin Blakemore of Oxford University passed away. Much admired all over the world for his pioneering studies in the early 1970s on the influence of early visual exposure on the development of our ability to see, Sir Colin was the youngest ever professor of Physiology at Oxford at the age of 35. Josef Rauschecker gained his first experience of single cell recordings in the cerebral cortex of young kittens in Blakemore’s laboratory at the University of Cambridge. He was invited by Blakemore to do his PhD thesis in his laboratory, but declined because his fiancée was waiting for him in Munich.

It is also important to note that Prof. Rauschecker‘s tinnitus project with Prof. Weber received an enormous boost through the arrival of Prof. Barbara Wollenberg, Director of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, at the Klinikum rechts der Isar in 2019. She and her team will collaborate in this research project, which will raise the profile of the ENT clinic in the field of tinnitus.

Please see full program notes on our website:  lll.tum.de/podcast

To help explore new opportunities and battle current challenges TUM and IIT Kharagpur founded the Indo-German Collaborative Research Center on Intelligent Transportation Systems in 2018, and have since extended this cooperation to IIT Bombay.

In this fifth episode of our TUM Global series we are joined by not one, but two experts in the realm of intelligent transportation systems – Professor Siddhartha Mukhopadyay of IIT Kharagpur and Professor Costas Antoniou of TUM. What are the key issues they seek to tackle in this cooperation? … and how does combining Indian and German expertise help us achieve better and more sustainable transport systems?

For full program notes, including further resources, please go to: https://www.lll.tum.de/podcast/

In this podcast we are joined by Ming Huang a senior consultant, intercultural expert and executive trainer who has dedicated much of her career to developing close ties between German and Chinese enterprises, whether they are looking for investment opportunities, internationalizing their businesses or finding partners.

We discuss the importance of the German-Chinese relationship, and gives insights into how we might build fruitful and sustainable long term partnerships with businesses and contacts in China.

Full program notes:  lll.tum.de/podcast

Music:
"Beauty Inside" by Soundroll
"Celebration" by Zac Nelson

Artwork:
Katharina Quitter

In this third episode of our TUM Global series, we are joined by Professor Dr. Matteo Maestri, Professor of Chemical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano, where his research group is part of Politecnico’s Laboratory of Catalysis and Catalytic Processes. We discuss the role chemistry plays in the energy sector, both in the chemical processes of carbon storage and release, and how chemists have intervened historically to progress the production and use of energy in society.

We also explore how catalysts, and the chemists behind them, will continue to play an important role in the current energy transition and the path towards a sustainable, carbon-neutral, future.

Full program notes:  lll.tum.de/podcast

Music:
"Beauty Inside" by Soundroll
"Celebration" by Zac Nelson

Artwork:
Katharina Quitter

In this second episode of our TUM Global series, we are joined by the fantastic Dr. Alson Chng, Assistant Faculty Head of Chemistry at TUM Asia - TUM's first international Campus located in Singapore. Together we discuss the pressing topic of food security, and how the city state is at acute risk of disruptions in the global food supply chain. Dr. Chng also offers solutions that are being brought forward by the Singapore Government, and looks ahead to the role TUM Asia hope to play in securing sustainable food for the future through the harnessing of technology and by training the next generation to be leaders in the global food system.

Music:
"Beauty Inside" by Soundroll
"Celebration" by Zac Nelson

Artwork:
Katharina Quitter

In this episode we speak to Professor Henning Wackerhage, Head of TUM's Professorship for Sport Biology and a passionate Molecular Exercise Physiologist. We discuss the rather fascinating world of fat, its importance to the body in its regular use and also a new area of research that seeks to uncover the hidden thermal properties of brown fats.

What is there behind some forms of fat that we previously didn't know? ... and how can these properties be utilised to make us healthier and perform better?

Music:
"Beauty Inside" by Soundroll
"Celebration" by Zac Nelson

Artwork:
Katharina Quitter

In this episode we dive into the world of sports nutrition. We speak with Helena Engel, a researcher from TUM’s Professorship for Exercise, Nutrition and Health and an active sports nutritionist working within the German Ski Association.

Helena tells us about her research in the area of “energy balance” and the importance of ensuring athletes get the right food to meet the high energy demands of Alpine skiing. Listen in to find out more about the importance of nutrition to athletes and the science behind calorie consumption during a grueling season in the mountains.

For our full program notes please visit our website at lll.tum.de/podcast


Music: "Beauty Inside" by Soundroll and "Celebration" by Zac Nelson

Artwork: Katharina Quitter

In this episode we speak to Bahador Keshvari, a researcher at TUM's Professorship for Sport Equipment and Sport Material - and discuss the importance of shoes to competitive sport, and the science behind their constant development.

Shoes play an important role in most disciplines, and their use in athletics has become ever more controversial as materials science pushes performance of competitors beyond what was previously possible.

What drives the development of sport shoes? ... and how can they be designed to help athletes be more safe and successful?

Music:
"Beauty Inside" by Soundroll
"Celebration" by Zac Nelson

Artwork:
Katharina Quitter

In the second episode of "The Competitive Edge" we speak to Dr. Otto Kolbinger, a research associate at TUM’s Chair of Performance Analysis and Sports Informatics. We dive into one of the fastest developing and most controversial areas of sports: Technological Officiating Aids (TOAs). Dr. Kolbinger shares insights from his research on the use of technology in sport to support refereeing and umpiring decisions. We discuss the drivers behind the use of TOAs, their impact on viewer experience and how it might be optimised to better serve competitors and spectators.

... and as technology takes more and more of a role in competitive sport, will human referees ever become obsolete?

Music:
"Beauty Inside" by Soundroll
"Celebration" by Zac Nelson

Artwork:
Katharina Quitter

In our debut episode of "The Competitive Edge" we speak to Dr. Vanessa Wergin, a researcher at TUM’s Chair of Sport Psychology and an expert in team psychology and emotional regulation in team sports. Dr. Wergin speaks to us about collective team collapse, a phenomenon within competitive sport that can be perceived as an entire group failing together. We explore the psychology behind this sudden dip in performance within teams, and Dr. Wergin shares insights into how it happens and some tips on how we might be better prepared to combat it.